PAYDAY™ The Heist

Buy93%

Very Positive · 41k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio. · FPS · Oct 20, 2011

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
56
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio1 of 5
Subtitles5 of 5

Should I buy PAYDAY™ The Heist?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 76 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 55 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 41 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Cheating: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Servers and matchmaking: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 41k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
75% of themes are praise8% are divided17% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
76 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game is very good and captures alot of the qualities that made Heat such a great film with some excellent gameplay mechanics.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
55 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Possibly the hardest of any coop PvE game I have played and therefore among the most fulfilling when everything clicks.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
41 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
If the default difficulties aren't enough, install DAHM/DorHUD and play on an even higher difficulty with even more spawns (and yes, this makes a huge difference).
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
All of the guns feel as powerful as you would expect, and the choice of weapons is pretty big when compared to other FPS games.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There is still a really active multiplayer scene if you want to just find pick up groups with randommers, but I would highly recommend playing this with a bunch of friends on Skype to get the full experience out of it.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Very good game even after 15 years since it released, the graphics still hold up and the game works on 21:9 monitors.

+3 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay76 reviews
Co-op55 reviews
Difficulty41 reviews
Combat38 reviews
Multiplayer23 reviews
Graphics21 reviews
Audio17 reviews
Performance11 reviews
Story9 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
100% still recommend
Players complain
Cheating
86% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking
83% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Adjustable Difficulty
  • Custom Volume Controls
  • Family Sharing
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Stereo Sound

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$9.99

The lowest we've tracked is $3.29.

7 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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